diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/common/lib.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/common/lib.rs
index ce90f39720..a98db4d0f1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/common/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/common/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ use codex_core::config::Config;
 use codex_core::config::ConfigOverrides;
 use codex_core::config::ConfigToml;
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+use assert_cmd::cargo::cargo_bin;
+
 pub mod responses;
 pub mod test_codex;
 pub mod test_codex_exec;
@@ -17,12 +20,24 @@ pub mod test_codex_exec;
 pub fn load_default_config_for_test(codex_home: &TempDir) -> Config {
     Config::load_from_base_config_with_overrides(
         ConfigToml::default(),
-        ConfigOverrides::default(),
+        default_test_overrides(),
         codex_home.path().to_path_buf(),
     )
     .expect("defaults for test should always succeed")
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn default_test_overrides() -> ConfigOverrides {
+    let mut overrides = ConfigOverrides::default();
+    overrides.codex_linux_sandbox_exe = Some(cargo_bin("codex-linux-sandbox"));
+    overrides
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+fn default_test_overrides() -> ConfigOverrides {
+    ConfigOverrides::default()
+}
+
 /// Builds an SSE stream body from a JSON fixture.
 ///
 /// The fixture must contain an array of objects where each object represents a